Rajshahi Regional Chief and Vice-President of NBL Ali Haider Mortuza presided over the conference participated by students, teachers, guardians and officials of all 11 banks involved in school banking activities in the district.

The Financial Inclusion Division of Bangladesh Bank screened two documentary films on financial education and school banking system at event.

Assistant General Manager of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank and convener of the District School Banking Conference Committee Solaiman Ali delivered welcome speech.

"A total of 12 lakh and 99 thousand secondary level students have so far opened their accounts with different commercial banks since launching of the school banking system in the country in 2010," he said.

The participants highly appreciated the initiative of launching the school banking system by the present government.

Earlier, secondary-level students, teachers, guardians, officials and employees of 11 public and private sector commercial banks took part in a rally.